tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post2368565087827196934..comments2023-06-28T09:59:42.375-05:00Comments on The Clue Batting Cage: Cause and Effectphilmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-79950268738179587352010-05-22T08:34:49.165-05:002010-05-22T08:34:49.165-05:00Well ... let's just say I'm a skeptic, but...Well ... let's just say I'm a skeptic, but I will allow that such an condition exists.<br /><br />It's just that I, like Morgan, have observed that when you're a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, and this goes for psychologists and hyper-parents alike.<br /><br />In a world where we've severely eroded the family structure and we're surrounded with tools and toys practically designed to distract, I think what a lot of these kids need is a heavy dose of structure and discipline.philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-87996740830638211022010-05-22T02:01:45.491-05:002010-05-22T02:01:45.491-05:00Philmon, I agree with you on principle, but I'...Philmon, I agree with you on principle, but I'm rather suspicious of anyone who appears skeptical that ADD/ADHD exists at all. Online, I've run into a number of individuals on the Right (you would make three, in fact) who appear to have this view. Correct me if I'm wrong. <br /><br />(Our pal Morgan is the 2nd, and Dr Mike Adams, Criminology Professor at UNC-Wilmington, is the first. I could be oversimplifying on all three counts, so again, correct me if I am mistaken.)<br /><br />Anyway, in case that IS your position, let me assure you that the disorder is quite real. I'm in my mid-thirties now. I received such a diagnosis back in 1982 while in second grade. <br /><br />This was many years before most people had heard of the disorder, before many drugs had been developed to combat it, and certainly before it became fashionable or convenient to diagnose it as a way of drugging-away normal little-boy behavior...as Morgan frequently alleges.<br /><br />I can tell you firsthand that it's nearly impossible for me, even as an adult, to focus on something that doesn't interest me. Medication helps some, but despite my best efforts, my mind keeps drifting off without my even realizing it. By the time I become aware that I'm daydreaming again, I have usually missed something critical. To compound matters, I become hyper-focused on whatever I'm doing that DOES interest me, to the point where I snap at anyone who interrupts me, however valid the interruption. This too is a common symptom of the disorder.<br /><br />It is especially difficult to argue against the existence of the disorder, in those cases where some drug has been demonstrated to improve attention span and focus.<br /><br />Once more, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't pretend that all cases of the disorder are phony or have some easily-explainable environmental cause.Cylarnoreply@blogger.com